Meaning of 万无一失
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wànwúyīshī
- surefire; absolutely safe (idiom)
万无一失 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
想长命百岁有一个万无一失的方法：每天吃一颗狮子头，吃一百年。
There's one surefire way to live to a ripe old age: eat a meatball a day for a hundred years.
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万 wàn · ten thousand · 3 strokes
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无 wú · not to have · 4 strokes
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一 yī · one · 1 strokes
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失 shī · to lose · 5 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 万无一失.
| 一起 | yīqǐ | (in) the same place; together; in company (with) |
| 一样 | yīyàng | same; like |
| 一些 | yīxiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 一会儿 | yīhuìr | a moment; a while |
| 一半 | yībàn | half |
| 一边 | yībiān | one side; either side |
| 一点儿 | yīdiǎnr | erhua variant of 一點|一点[yi1 dian3] |
| 一块儿 | yīkuàir | erhua variant of 一塊|一块[yi1 kuai4] |
| 一下儿 | yīxiàr | erhua form of 一下[yi1 xia4] |
| 有一些 | yǒuyīxiē | somewhat; rather |
| 一定 | yīdìng | surely; certainly; definitely; fixed; settled |
| 一直 | yīzhí | straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through |
Questions about 万无一失
What does 万无一失 mean?
万无一失 (wànwú-yīshī) means "surefire; absolutely safe (idiom)".
How do you write 万无一失?
万无一失 is made of 4 characters: 万 (3 strokes), 无 (4 strokes), 一 (1 strokes), 失 (5 strokes). That is 13 strokes in total.
Is 万无一失 an HSK word?
Yes. 万无一失 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 万无一失 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 万无一失 is written 萬無一失.